Dominic Scriven

Dominic Scriven is the founder and current chairman of Dragon Capital, the largest private investor in Vietnam.

Dominic Scriven

OBE
Born (1963-09-18) September 18, 1963
NationalityBritish
Other namesDoM[1]
Alma materUniversity of Exeter
Hanoi General University
OccupationChairman of Dragon Capital
President of WildLife At Risk[1]
Known forCo-founder of Dragon Capital

Career

Scriven graduated with a combined honours degree in sociology and law from the University of Exeter in England. During his early career he worked in finance positions in the City of London with Vickers, da Costa and in Hong Kong with Sun Hung Kai Properties.[2] In the early 1990s he visited Vietnam and noticed the economic opportunities there. He then spent 2 years studying at Hanoi General University learning Vietnamese. He was then asked by Peregrine Investments Holdings founder Philip Tose to help set up its Vietnam offices. In 1994 he co-founded Dragon Capital.[3]

In 2006 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire and in 2014, he was awarded the Labor Order award, third class, by the Vietnamese president Trương Tấn Sang.[2][4]

Scriven is a director on the board of the Asia Commercial Bank.[5]

Despite calling Vietnam "not communist", he has been an advisor to the State Bank of Vietnam and the national pension progam.[2]

Personal life

Scriven collects Vietnamese socialist realist art[6][7] and established a wildlife conservation organisation.[8] Scriven has no children and resides in a villa in Saigon's District 2.[1] He also owns an eco-resort at Phu Quoc.[9]

He is fluent in Vietnamese and in 2016 and 2019, Scriven stated that he was in the process of obtaining the Vietnamese nationality.[2][3]

References
  1. "Dominic Scriven: Nhà bảo tồn động vật". 23 September 2016.
  2. Insider, Vietnam (2019-09-29). "The journey of Dominic Scriven in Vietnam - from adventurer to entrepreneur". Vietnam Insider. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  3. Attracta Mooney (18 September 2016). "'Vietnam is my life. Dragon is my life'". Financial Times.
  4. "Dragon Capital Group". www.dragoncapital.com.
  5. VnExpress. "Two foreign funds to cut ACB stakes - VnExpress International". VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
  6. "Dominic Scriven about Vietnam and frontier markets - SKAGEN Funds". www.skagenfunds.fr.
  7. Dean Irvine. "Propaganda posters: Life during war in Vietnam". CNN. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  8. "Chủ tịch Dragon Capital: "Sau 20 năm đầu tư ở Việt Nam, tôi già đi nhiều, khôn lên tí, học thêm nhiều bài học"". 16 November 2016.
  9. Stuart Alan Becker (25 January 2013). "Post CEO remembers starting the Vietnam Investment Review in the early 90s". The Phnom Penh Post.
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